lents

This is the 10467th most frequent French word.


lents

Slow.


The word 'lents' is used as an adjective to describe the characteristic of snails, indicating their pace or movement.

Les escargots sont lents.

Snails are slow.


Here, 'lents' is used as an adjective describing the rate of progress in a figurative manner, emphasizing the slowness of advancement in the project.

Les progrès dans ce projet sont très lents.

The progress in this project is very slow.


In this sentence, 'lents' is used as an adjective describing the children’s speed in understanding instructions, highlighting their delay in comprehension.

Les enfants se sont montrés lents à comprendre les instructions.

The children were slow to understand the instructions.